13 July – You, trainers of performing dogs, magicians, snake charmers
We always say anyone can win our favourite TV show. All it needs is a perfect storm of stuff, and even the country that...
29 June – The dawn is fading behind a field of...
As we know, past performance is no guarantee of future performance. As saw in Torino/Turin, a certain country who were runners-up in 2021 finished...
Switzerland: Movement and mime time
Marius Bear is alone on stage, picked out in silhouette and that's pretty much how he stays throughout, with bursts of video and lighting...
Switzerland – He’s on the road… the road to Hull?!
I know what this is supposed to be: the angsty boy-type ripping his heart out and telling you that he is vulnerable and all...
Switzerland Press Meet and Greet – Is he a bear?
Marius saunters in 17 minutes late - a technical stop... I wonder how much he has moaned in the viewing room.
His journey has already...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 38 – Switzerland
It’s a return to the sad and introspective numbers now for our weeping Bear from Switzerland. Marius ponders the male relationship with crying and...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 38 – Switzerland
Marius Bear – Boys Do Cry
Marius lumbers around in this video looking and sounding like a pissed bloke who's forgot his glasses trying to...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 38 – Switzerland
Marius Bear – Boys Do Cry
Ooh look, a variation on a theme.
(That might be too clever for some of you – or too British!)
Instead...
20 April – We’ve seen stormy weather
Our continent is full of countries of all types. Monarchies, republics, and even principalities. But if you look hard enough, there's a country that's...
6 April – After the storm, we walk a bit
Many people have trodden the boards more than once, some with aplomb, and some doing stuff we'd rather not talk about. And I'm not...